The changing transition to adulthood : leaving and returning home / Frances Goldscheider, Calvin Goldscheider.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goldscheider, Frances K.

Contributor:

Goldscheider, Calvin.

Series:

Understanding families ; v. 17.

Understanding families ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Young adults--United States--Psychology.

Young adults.

Adult children--United States--Psychology.

Adult children.

Families--United States.

Families.

Home--United States.

Home.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 257 p.).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 - Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century America; Chapter 2 - Out of the Nest; Chapter 3 - Back to the Nest; Chapter 4 - Runaways and Stay-At-Homes; Chapter 5 - The Changing Role of Regional Communities; Chapter 6 - Who Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family Structure; Chapter 7 - Sons And Daughters; Chapter 8 - Leaving and Returning to the Feathered Nest; Chapter 9 - The Shifting Ethnic Mosaic; Chapter 10 - Religious Transformation and Family Values

Chapter 11 - What Is New In Nest-Leaving In 20th Century America?Appendix; References; Index; About the Authors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-245) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781322418964

1322418969

9781452234014

1452234019

9781452265117

1452265119

OCLC:

811490300